Isn't it funny that when right-wing politicians want to bash "useless" degrees, they always pick on sociology, anthropology or philosophy, never marketing, finance or law?
Apparently we have too many anthropologists, but we can never have enough advertising executives.. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/22/business/a-rising-call-to-promote-stem-education-and-cut-liberal-arts-funding.html ------------------------------snip What has incensed many educators <https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-stem-wont-make-us-successful/2015/03/26/5f4604f2-d2a5-11e4-ab77-9646eea6a4c7_story.html> is not so much the emphasis on work force development but the disdain for the humanities, particularly among Republicans. Several Republicans have portrayed a liberal arts education as an expendable, sometimes frivolous luxury that taxpayers should not be expected to pay for. The Republican presidential candidate Senator Marco Rubio, for example, has called for more welders and fewer philosophers <http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/11/11/philosophers-and-welders-react-to-marco-rubios-debate-comments/>. Gov. Rick Scott <http://blogs.plos.org/neuroanthropology/2011/10/11/florida-governor-anthropology-not-needed-here/> of Florida criticized anthropologists, <http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/10/education/florida-may-reduce-tuition-for-select-majors.html> and Mr. McCrory belittled gender studies.
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